SPARTA, KY -- Kyle Busch won the Alsco 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Kentucky Speedway on Friday night. It is his 81st XFINITY Series win and fifth of the year.
Austin Dillon finished second, followed by Daniel Suarez, Erik Jones, Darrell Wallace, Jr., Elliott Sadler, Ty Dillon, Ryan Blaney, Brennan Poole, and Brad Keselowski.
Busch pulled away to beat Dillon to the finish line by .455 of a second.
Busch started from the pole and put on a dominant performance, leading 185 of the 200 laps.
It was a race Erik Jones lost when he hit the wrong switch on his dashboard, killed the engine and slowed under caution late in the race.
"I think we had the fastest car here once we got out front," Jones lamented. "It's just hard to get back up to the front when you get back in traffic."
Busch was roughly a half-second ahead of Suarez and appeared to have the race in hand when caution flew on Lap 195 with smoke billowing from Mike Harmon's car.
"We always get the Kyle Busch cautions," Busch said. "Apparently, this time, it was true. There was some problems with another car smoking. You always have to make your money's worth, I guess. Always have to give the show to the fans and their money's worth.
There were 5 cautions for 22 laps and 11 lead changes among 6 leaders.
The average speed was 144.258 MPH.
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